Deflecting asteroids with femtosecond optical pulsesSPIE NewsroomRecent findings suggest ‘rogue asteroids‘ on a collision course with Earth are more abundant than previously thought. Yet, at the time of writing, there is still no worldwide agreement regarding reliable means of preventing…
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Asteroid Hunter Discovers Comet 'Weirdo' – Discovery News
International Business Times Asteroid Hunter Discovers Comet ‘Weirdo’Discovery NewsAsteroid Hunter Discovers Comet ‘Weirdo’. Mar 3, 2014 12:48 PM ET // by Ian O’Neill. View Related Gallery ». Comet NEOWISE was first observed by NASA’s Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer…
This Is What 100000 Asteroids Look Like As They Orbit The Sun (VIDEO) – Huffington Post UK
This Is What 100000 Asteroids Look Like As They Orbit The Sun (VIDEO)Huffington Post UKThe video is not 100% accurate – the main Trojan and Asteroid Belt rocks are shown with precise orbits, but we do not track anywhere near…
How faraway asteroid with its moon may have formed – Zee News
How faraway asteroid with its moon may have formedZee NewsWashington: Researchers have said that exotic orbit for the largest Trojan asteroid, (624) Hektor-the only one known to possess a moon, may be products of the collision of two icy asteroids.…
Bizarre Orbit of Weird Asteroid's Moon Revealed – Discovery News
Laboratory Equipment Bizarre Orbit of Weird Asteroid’s Moon RevealedDiscovery NewsNASA’s Dawn spacecraft orbited the massive asteroid Vesta in 2011 and 2012, giving us an unprecedented look at the protoplanet’s landscape, craters and mineral composition. The probe, which is now on…
Distant asteroid revealed to be a complex mini geological world – Phys.Org
Distant asteroid revealed to be a complex mini geological worldPhys.OrgAfter 8 years of observations, scientists from the SETI Institute have found an exotic orbit for the largest Trojan asteroid, (624) Hektor—the only one known to possess a moon. The formation…
This Is What 100000 Asteroids Look Like As They Orbit The Sun (VIDEO) – Huffington Post UK
This Is What 100000 Asteroids Look Like As They Orbit The Sun (VIDEO)Huffington Post UKThe video is not 100% accurate – the main Trojan and Asteroid Belt rocks are shown with precise orbits, but we do not track anywhere near…
Asteroid Imaged By NASA Scientists Using Deep Space Network – RedOrbit
RedOrbit Asteroid Imaged By NASA Scientists Using Deep Space NetworkRedOrbitA collage of radar images of near-Earth asteroid 2006 DP14 was generated by NASA scientists using the 230-foot (70-meter) Deep Space Network antenna at Goldstone, Calif., on the night of Feb.…
NASA turns to an old-fashioned technology in the hunt for asteroids – io9
RedOrbit NASA turns to an old-fashioned technology in the hunt for asteroidsio9Behold the peanut-shaped Asteroid 2006 DP14, a 1,300-foot (400-meter) long object that recently flew past Earth. The asteroid was scanned with Doppler radar — a tried-and-true technology that’s helping…
Huge Peanut-Shaped Asteroid Buzzes Earth in NASA Video – Space.com
Huge Peanut-Shaped Asteroid Buzzes Earth in NASA VideoSpace.comA large asteroid shaped like a cosmic peanut zipped safely by Earth this month, and a new NASA video retells the entire space rock encounter as it happened using impressive radar images. Scientists…